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A review by atagarev
Dragon Blood by Patricia Briggs
2.0
Pretty decent setup for the conflicts in the story with the romance, the antagonists and the big bad magic but the ending was shockingly abrupt and unsatisfying. The romantic subplot was basically resolved by them just deciding to be a couple with no particular impetus despite the entirety of the book up to that point dedicated to setting up some non-existent barrier. The other two aspects were even worse though- for all the setup the antagonists get as intelligent and powerful enemies, they get taken out almost by accident without ever demonstrating their supposed powers; meanwhile, the ancient evil artifact just gets taken care of by a deus ex machina "twist" that was never hinted at and no one understands even after the fact.
There were also quite a few world building details that felt kind of unnecessary. Maybe they are meant to be building up to something in future books but they have no place in this one.
The writing style is serviceable- it didn't do much to truly immerse me in this weird fantastical world but it didn't ever take me out of the story either. It certainly wouldn't have been an issue if the ending was more satisfying.
There were also quite a few world building details that felt kind of unnecessary. Maybe they are meant to be building up to something in future books but they have no place in this one.
The writing style is serviceable- it didn't do much to truly immerse me in this weird fantastical world but it didn't ever take me out of the story either. It certainly wouldn't have been an issue if the ending was more satisfying.